Friday, May 28, 2010

I finished up my Provence Summer String Bag last weekend and it looks great! But even more important, I've been receiving tons of compliments on it. ;-) The Sublime Organic Cotton DK crocheted up nicely and the pattern was easy, fun and free. I added some handles and lined it, because I can't leave well enough alone. It really is constructed as a shopping bag, if you also want to make a purse out of it I suggest skipping the rectangular base.

The handles are vintage (salvaged from an old bag from the Goodwill), so unfortunately I do not have any of those particular ones to sell. :-(

This is a better representation of the cololur (143), it is a dusky green.

Last weekend I started working on a Sockless Sock Monkey! I'm using Malabrigo merino Worsted and it is great! The squishy texture is perfect. I mostly making up the pattern because I don't have it in me to sew a bunch of bits together and hope it looks ok.

Above, you can see the entire lower body.

This is the bum. I know what you are thinking, the red and all .... I don't want to say it because you know how it is with the internet - once you put it out there you can't take it back. But I can assure you that in person the monkey bum is not at all disturbing. Additionally, I expect that once Mr. Monkey is finished he will spend lots of time sitting on it. :-)